Centenary College in Hackettstown's Enactus team named regional champs

The Enactus Centenary College team of Hackettstown was named Regional Champions at the Enactus United States Regional Competition held in New York City recently. The team now advances to the 2013 Enactus United States Exposition in Kansas City, Mo., May 21-23. Pictured here is the Enactus Centenary College team.

The Enactus Centenary College team of Hackettstown was named Regional Champions at the Enactus United States Regional Competition held in New York City recently. This event is one of 10 regional competitions being held across the United States in March and April.

“This is a wonderful accomplishment for our Enactus team,” says Professor Kathy Naasz, associate professor of business at Centenary College and Centenary College Enactus Advisor. “Our students have invested countless hours in their projects. The entire campus community is so pleased that they are being recognized in this manner for their hard work. We look forward to competing at the National level next month.”

The college is one of more than 500 programs in the United States. Participating students use business concepts to develop community outreach projects, transform lives and shape a better, more sustainable world.

During this academic year, the Enactus Centenary College team organized six projects in the local, regional and international communities, including the Guapi Hope Leaf Project where artisans in Guapi, Colombia, create a sustainable and profitable business, which will combat the widespread poverty in that country and the Next Step Project, which focuses on mentoring youth in Newark about academic options after high school.

The culmination of the Enactus program is an annual series of competitions that provide a showcase for teams to present the results of their projects and be evaluated by business leaders serving as judges. Teams compete first at the regional and national levels, then at the international level when the national champion teams from each country meet at the Enactus World Cup.

As an Enactus United States Regional Champion, the team now advances to the 2013 Enactus United States Exposition in Kansas City, Missouri, May 21-23.

Enactus is a community of student, academic and business leaders committed to using the power of entrepreneurial action to enable human progress. We establish student programs on college campuses across the nation. Enactus students apply business concepts to develop community outreach projects, transform lives and shape a better, more sustainable world.